Twentieth century pedagogical heritage, protecting a cultural inheritance: The Castelló Education Museum and its conservation and restoration work

Abstract

This article brings to light the collections of the Castelló Education Museum (MPdC, its Spanish acronym) through its conservation and restoration work. It discusses the origins of this exceptional museum, the nature of its collections, the state of conservation of its pieces, and the most common interventions and the reasons behind them. The museum’s conservation work is explained through its restoration of pieces such as anatomical models used to teach the human body, physical and political geography maps for schools, a set of black, hand-painted maps that can be written on with chalk, botanic models, geographic models and models of animals, all of which underpin the value of its heritage. The article ends with a reflection on the work the museum carries out by and for its collections and the community.